Improvement in corn-cultivators



J. C. HOLMES. qoRN GULIIVATOR.

0.9'7,921. Patented 1160.14. 1869.

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JOHN O. HOLMES, OF WYOMING, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 97,921, dated December 14, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT CORN-OUL'IIVATOR S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofxhe"same.

To all whom it. may concern Be it known that I, Jonn O. Homms, ofWyoming, in the county of Luzernc, and in the State of Pennsylvania,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Cultivators;and do hereby declare that the ibllowing is a-fnll, clear,- andcrater-(1escription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making part ofthisspecification.

The nature of m invention consists in theconstruction and generalarrangement ot'a corn-cultivator, as will be hereinafter fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art towhich my inventionappertains, to make and use the same, .I will now proceed to describeits construction and which- Fl nn-e 1 is a nail view and s v 1* lglllli2 1s a side elevation of my machine.

operation, referringto the annexcd drawings, in

Figure 3 is a-view showing the manner of securing the plow-shanks.

A A'represent the two main beams of the cultiva- 101'.

These beams consist each of two bars, a a, of suitable thickness, placeda short distance apart, and provided at each end with blocks betweenthem, and secured by screw-bolts and nuts, tlnlsactually forming aslotted beam, as seen in fig. 1.

At one end, the beams A A are provided with rounded ears, I) I), throughwhich a pin, 2, is passed, thus pivoting the two beams together atone'end.

The pine also pivots the clevis B, which is provided with a series ofholes, as seeninfig. 2,, so as to V attach the team high or low, as maybe desired.

At the other end-of the beams A A, on the inner side, are curved bars, 0O, which lap over each other, and provided with a series of holes,through which the rods 1) D are passed, said rods being secured by nutson the inner or front side.

The rods D I) extend downward from the handles E E, which are connectedby the rod F, and extend forward to near the pivoted ends of the sidebeams A A, where they are passed through loops, d (I, and held by nutsor burs.

. The handles E E can be reversed when it is desired to run thecultivator in the opposite direction, in which case the frontends of thehandles are passed through the curved bars 0 O, and the rods D D throughthe loops (Z d;

The clevis B is provided with rounded ears, 0 c,

which embrace the ears I) b of the beams A A, and the pin 0 passesthrough said ears also/to hold the clevis.

When it is desired to run the cultivator in the opposite direction, theclevis is removed from its .position at the pivoted ends of the beams AA and placed on cars fofia bar, G, which is placed on the outside havingprojections, i i, on bot-h sides, that thebars a a, of the beam A, willpass between them and consequently prevent the plate from tnrn- Theplows HII, of the peculiar construction shown in'iigs. 1 and 2, aresecured to the shanks I I, and held to the beams A A in the followingmanner:

The shank I is passed through a circular plate, h,

The shank I is placed between the two bars a a,

the plate Ii being placed under the same.

Another plate, 1;, is then placed on the shank 0n the upper side of thebeam A, and the whole secured by a nut.

The projections 'i i allow the plate h, and consequently, also, the.plow'H, to be turned at dilterent angles, and. the plows may also bereversed at pleasure, so to turn the soil to or from the corn, potatoes,cot-ton, or tobacco, as the case may be.

Having thusfully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. The beams A A, constructed as described, each consisting of two barsa a, connected together at suitable distance apart, and provided at oneend with ears I) b, by means of which the beams are joined together,substantially as shown and described.

'2..The combination of the beams A A with ears,

b b, elevis B with ears c c, curved bars 0 O, and bar G with ears f f,all constructed as described and for the purposes set forth.

3. The reversible handles E.E, connected by means of the rod F, andprovided with the rods 1) D, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

4. The. combination of the beams A A with loops d d, clevis B, curvedbars 0 0, bar G, reversible handles E E, and rodsD D and F, allconstructed and arranged substantially as and forthe purposes herein setforth.

5. The reversible plows H H, secured to the beams -A A by means of theshanks I I, and plates h k, snbstantially as shown and described.

6. The plate It, provided with projections i t, and passed over theplow-shank I, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. i

7. The combination and arrangement of the beams A A, clevis B, bars 0 Oand G, reversible handles E E, and plows H H, all constructed andconnected substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 27th day of August, 1869.

. JOHN G. HOLMES,

\Vit-nesses HENRY Woonuonsu, .J. W. SAX.

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